Ken Druse guest blogs over at Garden Rant about what every gardener should know about peat moss -what it is, first of all, and that "it is environmentally bankrupt".
This weekend we removed the last of our grass, making way for more food. Grass represents things that I'm not into, not the least of which is mowing. Last year, an old Italian lady asked me, as I offered her herloom black cherry tomatos from my front yard, "Don't you have a back yard?" Now I can answer that with, "You should see how much food I can grow back there!" The Urban Homestead…Continue
I’ve always found store-bought tomato cages to be utterly unsatisfactory. First of all, there’s the aspect of price. How a garden store can reasonably charge $6.99 for a piece of cheaply soldered metal that barely holds together is beyond me. (And of course one needs six to ten of them, since a gardener’s job is… Continue
Now is your chance to see a tiny house, feel a tiny house, be IN a tiny house. Sadly, he's not coming to my city (Boston) - maybe next year. Jay Shafer is kind of the tiny house expert/guru, and he will be driving a tiny house from California to New York City this summer.… Continue
Added by Cornelia on April 13, 2009 at 2:50pm —
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The Garden Crusader Awards were created by Gardener's Supply in 2001 to honor individuals who are improving the world through gardening. These enthusiastic men and women are planting trees and flowers, growing food, creating new green spaces, and teaching their friends and neighbors… Continue
Added by Cornelia on April 7, 2009 at 10:35am —
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On Sunday, I realized that it was time to start my seeds indoors for the growing season. the last couple of years I have been sorely lacking in keeping on top of my plants. no actually just very busy and lazy about maintaining my plants in my backyard. Since I live in the city my backyard over the last couple of years has undergone major changes. first was the building of a two car garage, of which I was sorry two see two Colorado blue spruces go and a very old crab tree. The crab tree was… Continue
Added by Beth McClure on April 2, 2009 at 11:36am —
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